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Paris Court Suspends Jail Term for Pool Voyeur

The 38-year-old received a suspended 10-month prison term with 140 hours of community service, a ban on Paris pools, citing illicit images discovered on his computer.

À l’issue d’une heure d’audience, le prévenu a été condamné à 10 mois de prison avec sursis et 140 heures de travail d’intérêt général.
Jugé à Paris, un homme a reconnu avoir filmé des femmes à leur insu dans une piscine municipale.
Durant l’enquête, l'homme a reconnu avoir réalisé une centaine de vidéos de ce type dans la piscine Georges-Hermant à Paris.

Overview

  • Emmanuel L. admitted filming dozens of women in Parisian pool changing rooms multiple times weekly since September 2024, leading to aggravated voyeurism charges.
  • A journalist, Laurène Daycard, triggered his arrest after discovering a phone lens pointed at her in the Georges-Hermant pool changing room in April, leading to her social media post that spurred widespread accounts of similar incidents.
  • Investigators uncovered illicit images of underage girls on his computer, prompting an incidental pedopornography investigation.
  • The court imposed a suspended 10-month prison term with 140 hours of community service, a ban on Paris pools and mandatory treatment and reintegration programs.
  • The case has drawn attention to the prevalence of voyeurism in public spaces, prompting calls for improved safety measures to protect privacy in communal facilities.